the girls

who knew trying to get one photo would be so difficult?

ummm remember when u wanted to eat all the food

kell.emma

Every Christmas the girls from high school get together for our annual Christmas party. Each year the group has been expanding... with children. It is such a fun time to chit chat and catch up on our lives and see how big the little ones are becoming. This year Lisa hosted at her new home (well we hope it will be her's soon!).

LIVE NATIVITY

This year a group of friends joined us at the Live Nativity in Santa Margarita. It is a wonderful way to bring the spirit of Christmas into your heart. My parents provided a night of fun and food for all of us. I am loving this time of year.

dad.mom.drake

jake. such a character

some of the friends

jane. a total doll

I love this time of year !

A few pic's I took the other day.

BIRTHDAY GIRL

M&K

The cake pops were amazing... but than any cupcake I have ever tasted!

SISTERS

the stockings are hung

by the chimney with care. Three stocking ...Thor, Nic, Timmy.

Shopping for stocking stuffers and receiving stocking goodies is one of my favorite gifts. I love finding little unique treasures to put in stockings and opening all the fun items packed into the stocking. This is my favorite time of year.

our tree

Our Christmas tree all decked out

The tree at Fashion Island

We headed over to Fashion Island to check out the tree and do a little Christmas shopping. The shopping center was pretty empty so we got to get up close and personal with the tree. This year the tree is smaller than usual due to all the construction/renovations taking place but it still looked enormous to us. Thor had a fun time shopping with us.